This 1996 debut venture from Apex was refurbished and extended just a couple of years later; more than a decade on, it remains a slick, contemporary venue...
31-35 GrassmarketThis big old city centre hotel has gone through three different identities in the last decade or so, becoming the Barceló Edinburgh Carlton in early 2008....
19 North BridgeSitting along the Cowgate, this establishment is very close to the Royal Mile, although not actually on it. The bedrooms lack character, as you might expect...
300 CowgateEdinburgh joined the select posse of UK towns and cities with a Hotel du Vin in late 2008, and its sheer, well-executed reliability has made it a discreet...
11 Bristo Place
Efficient, reasonable value, mere seconds from the Royal Mile and with few defining characteristics, this branch of the midmarket Ibis tends to inspire...
6 Hunter Square
If it looks like an old office block, that's because it is an old office block. The Edinburgh branch of this hotel chain is nothing out of the ordinary, but...
43 Jeffrey StreetOpened in 1999 to capitalise on the other developments around Holyrood, chief among them the Scottish Parliament, the Macdonald has always had a business...
81 Holyrood RoadSympathetic in situ or just historical pastiche? Originally the Scandic Crown, this hotel divided opinion when it opened just over 20 years ago. Either way,...
80 High StreetFilling the historic premises vacated by the Scotsman newspaper, this hotel leapt straight into the city's upper echelon of places to stay when it opened in...
20 North Bridge
The review of the Ibis could virtually double up for the Travelodge, since the same perks (keen value, reliability) and caveats (it looks as if it was...
33 St Mary's Street
Seven suites, some with kitchens, are hidden away in two buildings at the top of the Royal Mile; two are in the 16th-century building in Boswell's Court,...
352 Castlehill